I started practicing yoga in 2016 in London after an injury.

 

It is a common misconception that yoga is purely a meditative/stretching practice: this actually covers only a part of the whole experience. As it is a common misconception to believe one should be naturally flexible to practice yoga. What I realised so far is that yoga is a journey through the self to re-focus, re-centre and balance.

 

Also, nowadays, there are several different "currents" of yoga, from the most physical ones (Ashtanga yoga for example, one of my favourites), to the more meditative ones (as Kundalini or Yin Yoga).

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If you're curious about it, you can find a yoga studio anywhere (never practice alone at the very beginning!) as well as the books of Iyengar, one of the first teachers exporting the practice to the Westerns and the writer of the most amazing handbooks on this subject. In the meantime, I hope to find time at some point to become a certified teacher!